While you are likely right....that 90 percent of 40-50 year olds could not be booth babes....I have seen PLENTY booth babes that were good looking who were in that age.
I wouldn't have said the last thing....but I somewhat agree.
SO here's her conundrum: Boycott companies that use nice looking females in various forms of dress ( Apple uses nice looking females too I noticed) or stop complaining. The problem with boycotting is you wouldn't be able to buy much from food to computers.
Also, when it comes to booth babes, they CHOOSE to do this. I know many that you'd NEVER be able to talk out of doing the booth babe job and that's the problem. For every single booth babe job there are willing individuals to step into that position. Some love it and don't complain about it.
Then complain to Asus and the other companies that use them. The women there do this voluntarily. There are MANY women that I know that would LOVE this job. Don't take that away because it insults you.
Some COULD be in our business but most won't and I don't think it is because of stuff like this. Many could care less about the fantastic device they are holding and are just there for the money so they can buy anything they want.
Then there are women who enjoy the attention you get as a booth babe and enjoy their job even with the issues. They have EVERY right to do that. So long as no one is being jerk about it, then I don't see the issue.
I am a sysadmin and I get contract to hire stuff all the time. Problem is I am currently full time employed....no contract and I have full benefits. Now TELL me why I want to leave for your pathetic 2 year contract?
Offer me:
1. More than I make now. 2. Permanent...with bennies. 3. Better working conditions (competent project management and not constantly being asked to perform a miracle in a week).
Then....ONLY then will I consider even applying for the position.
Another mistake they make is asking for God like qualities in a technical position. Qualities like:
1. 10 years experience in a tech that has only existed for 5. 2. 365/7/24 On call (Bullshit) 3. That you can be a DBA, Sysadmin, Project Manager and chief cook and bottle washer.
I've seen that in MANY postings and it's impossible to fill because they ask the world and expect to pay for the city. That doesn't jibe.
Wait what? Since when does that have ANYTHING to do with what the creationists say? They don't dismiss that....at least the reasonable ones don't. The Bible doesn't say how long creation of the Earth took. God's "Day" is probably not 24 hours long. It was probably written that way because to people of the time a day was a long time or a day was something they understood.
I say again...evolution could be HOW God created everything. It even has room for the creation of Adam and Eve. What's to say hat the evolution of primates to man wasn't caused by God? Why no WHAT happened but not the how or why.
Who said they have to give up their view? They may just have to change it to include Evolution too. There's nothing that says God isn't behind evolution.
Always said that there is NO REASON to say that creationism and evolution can't both exist hand in hand. The first organisms ever HAD to be created from something and or something caused the exact conditions needed to cause life to flourish. Only the absolutists will say it's only evolution or only creationism. There's room for both in the same breath.
They do this ALL the time. YOU CAN find a laptop without their crap. When you do, they charge you less. They put it on there because they want to sell you their crappy Geek Squad tech support. I reject it. The bad thing is that sometimes YOU CAN'T GET THE SALE PRICE WITHOUT THE BLOAT!
They probably COULD have saved money somewhere, but they already chintzed on the plastic in the back.
The real problem is there were no apps. There was no real push by Palm OR HP on gaining developers. At least not one like there should have been. Plus the SDK was REALLY late. By that time, Palm was already dead in the water, HP picked them up and did NOTHING with them.
48-49 days does NOT make a developer community. The Kin was an exception as there was no development community but HP did WebOS no favors. People aren't going to buy the damn thing if they can't get or program apps. This all started when Palm was REALLY LATE with the SDK. HP did it no favors, but it was right on the cusp of something that could have been cool.
Leo Apotheker was and IS the WRONG person to lead HP. HP hasn't ever been about the high end servers for years. Sure, people bough Superdomes but IBM had far eclipsed HP in the amount of servers it sold. Sun did too (but still failed). Leo is going down the wrong path. HP made great calculators, printers and computers and was KNOWN for them. They made servers too but when was the last time you heard them talk about that? They had HPUX and Tru64. Did nothing with either.
This is a sad sad road that HP went down and it might ultimately kill HP.
ANNNND....what's to say that the boy didn't just do this to people he liked? I've seen all kids from 1 until about 6 or 7 do something similar.
What the guy did isn't right, but he shouldn't be labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life.
As for the Sex Offender list, I find it causes more trouble than it prevents and it's already being misused. 18 year old boy goes out with 16 year old girl and has consensual sex and parents get pissed and have him incarcerated for rape. Girl has nothing to say about it because she's a minor. Because rape is a sex offense, he gets labeled that for the rest of his life. It happens all too often and should be stopped.
Which I am sure isn't possible because most people have agendas. Even IT. My manager has a big blue M on his chest and it so colors his view that he can't see why switching databases and CPU architecture might be a bad idea.
That is an excuse. IT guys CAN and DO keep up with business. We just usually aren't consulted. We don't ALWAYS say know. Maybe you would get better cooperation if it went like this:
Business VP/CEO/Whoever: IT person, can you reccomend a solution that will help us more efficiently?
IT Person: I was just thinking about that! How about Product A? It not only promises to do said business function faster, but it also can save us a bunch of money.
Instead of like this:
Business VP/CEO/Whoever: I want product C implemented next month! IT Person: Product C doesn't run on our architecture and doesn't interface with the company ERP. Business VP/CEO/Whoever: I don't care. Just do it.
Then the death marches begin.
Businesses aren't at ALL realistic in how hard it is to manage these things. If they actually got IT involved on the decision from day one, we may have been able to save you time and money by making suggestions you probably never thought of.
If you THINK IT units don't run the company, then how about we take your computer, smartphone and laptop we support and provide with company dollars?
IT's systems run almost 100 percent of EVERY company in the world. If you treat us like shit, then that is what you get.
I feel for you, I really do, but IT KNOWS things. IT can find those things out FOR you. It's OUR JOB. Consult us before, not after, and we can help you AVOID costly mistakes.
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While you are likely right....that 90 percent of 40-50 year olds could not be booth babes....I have seen PLENTY booth babes that were good looking who were in that age.
I wouldn't have said the last thing....but I somewhat agree.
SO here's her conundrum: Boycott companies that use nice looking females in various forms of dress ( Apple uses nice looking females too I noticed) or stop complaining. The problem with boycotting is you wouldn't be able to buy much from food to computers.
Also, when it comes to booth babes, they CHOOSE to do this. I know many that you'd NEVER be able to talk out of doing the booth babe job and that's the problem. For every single booth babe job there are willing individuals to step into that position. Some love it and don't complain about it.
Then complain to Asus and the other companies that use them. The women there do this voluntarily. There are MANY women that I know that would LOVE this job. Don't take that away because it insults you.
Some COULD be in our business but most won't and I don't think it is because of stuff like this. Many could care less about the fantastic device they are holding and are just there for the money so they can buy anything they want.
Then there are women who enjoy the attention you get as a booth babe and enjoy their job even with the issues. They have EVERY right to do that. So long as no one is being jerk about it, then I don't see the issue.
I am a sysadmin and I get contract to hire stuff all the time. Problem is I am currently full time employed....no contract and I have full benefits. Now TELL me why I want to leave for your pathetic 2 year contract?
Offer me:
1. More than I make now.
2. Permanent...with bennies.
3. Better working conditions (competent project management and not constantly being asked to perform a miracle in a week).
Then....ONLY then will I consider even applying for the position.
Another mistake they make is asking for God like qualities in a technical position. Qualities like:
1. 10 years experience in a tech that has only existed for 5.
2. 365/7/24 On call (Bullshit)
3. That you can be a DBA, Sysadmin, Project Manager and chief cook and bottle washer.
I've seen that in MANY postings and it's impossible to fill because they ask the world and expect to pay for the city. That doesn't jibe.
Wait what? Since when does that have ANYTHING to do with what the creationists say? They don't dismiss that....at least the reasonable ones don't. The Bible doesn't say how long creation of the Earth took. God's "Day" is probably not 24 hours long. It was probably written that way because to people of the time a day was a long time or a day was something they understood.
I say again...evolution could be HOW God created everything. It even has room for the creation of Adam and Eve. What's to say hat the evolution of primates to man wasn't caused by God? Why no WHAT happened but not the how or why.
Who said they have to give up their view? They may just have to change it to include Evolution too. There's nothing that says God isn't behind evolution.
Always said that there is NO REASON to say that creationism and evolution can't both exist hand in hand. The first organisms ever HAD to be created from something and or something caused the exact conditions needed to cause life to flourish. Only the absolutists will say it's only evolution or only creationism. There's room for both in the same breath.
I reviewed this a while back on geardiary.com:
http://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/22/review-openmoko-neo-freerunner-from-sdg-systems/
It was....a unique design but the Android port didn't work well at all. The Openmoko code was even more of a mess. It was also SLOW.
I like the idea of a completely libre device, but the G1 was WAY better than this....and that's saying something.
+1 for coffee snorting funny....
Sometimes they don't give you the choice though since they do all sorts of presetup. Setup that doesn't need to be done.
If you want computing easy...don't buy a laptop. Get a tablet or iPad.
No it's not a bad service if you TRUST Best Buy. I do not. :-P
They do this ALL the time. YOU CAN find a laptop without their crap. When you do, they charge you less. They put it on there because they want to sell you their crappy Geek Squad tech support. I reject it. The bad thing is that sometimes YOU CAN'T GET THE SALE PRICE WITHOUT THE BLOAT!
No it was priced right according to iSuppli who did the teardown. If HP sold it at $150 there would have been a loss on each device sold.
http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/HP-TouchPad-Carries-$318-Bill-of-Materials.aspx
They probably COULD have saved money somewhere, but they already chintzed on the plastic in the back.
The real problem is there were no apps. There was no real push by Palm OR HP on gaining developers. At least not one like there should have been. Plus the SDK was REALLY late. By that time, Palm was already dead in the water, HP picked them up and did NOTHING with them.
48-49 days does NOT make a developer community. The Kin was an exception as there was no development community but HP did WebOS no favors. People aren't going to buy the damn thing if they can't get or program apps. This all started when Palm was REALLY LATE with the SDK. HP did it no favors, but it was right on the cusp of something that could have been cool.
Leo Apotheker was and IS the WRONG person to lead HP. HP hasn't ever been about the high end servers for years. Sure, people bough Superdomes but IBM had far eclipsed HP in the amount of servers it sold. Sun did too (but still failed). Leo is going down the wrong path. HP made great calculators, printers and computers and was KNOWN for them. They made servers too but when was the last time you heard them talk about that? They had HPUX and Tru64. Did nothing with either.
This is a sad sad road that HP went down and it might ultimately kill HP.
Best April Fools EVER!
I have to say I miss Geeks in Space. ALOT.
This is true. However, the comment Mrs. Kostolnik made was defamation and she should have kept the thoughts to herself.
All to often we say things that could set these nutters off. Better not to set the nutter off on YOU so be nice to him and don't piss him off.
Not saying this guy shouldn't be put away, but sometimes we say things we shouldn't have said. This is one of those cases!
ANNNND....what's to say that the boy didn't just do this to people he liked? I've seen all kids from 1 until about 6 or 7 do something similar.
What the guy did isn't right, but he shouldn't be labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life.
As for the Sex Offender list, I find it causes more trouble than it prevents and it's already being misused. 18 year old boy goes out with 16 year old girl and has consensual sex and parents get pissed and have him incarcerated for rape. Girl has nothing to say about it because she's a minor. Because rape is a sex offense, he gets labeled that for the rest of his life. It happens all too often and should be stopped.
+1 for mentioning faeries and ponies. You would have gotten +100 if you mentioned OMG Ponies!
Or before said business case gets signed off and funding approve...TALK TO YOUR IT PEOPLE!
We might surprise you.
Which I am sure isn't possible because most people have agendas. Even IT. My manager has a big blue M on his chest and it so colors his view that he can't see why switching databases and CPU architecture might be a bad idea.
FERPA and my favorite and yours, PCI.
That is an excuse. IT guys CAN and DO keep up with business. We just usually aren't consulted. We don't ALWAYS say know. Maybe you would get better cooperation if it went like this:
Business VP/CEO/Whoever: IT person, can you reccomend a solution that will help us more efficiently?
IT Person: I was just thinking about that! How about Product A? It not only promises to do said business function faster, but it also can save us a bunch of money.
Instead of like this:
Business VP/CEO/Whoever: I want product C implemented next month!
IT Person: Product C doesn't run on our architecture and doesn't interface with the company ERP.
Business VP/CEO/Whoever: I don't care. Just do it.
Then the death marches begin.
Businesses aren't at ALL realistic in how hard it is to manage these things. If they actually got IT involved on the decision from day one, we may have been able to save you time and money by making suggestions you probably never thought of.
Bullshit.
If you THINK IT units don't run the company, then how about we take your computer, smartphone and laptop we support and provide with company dollars?
IT's systems run almost 100 percent of EVERY company in the world. If you treat us like shit, then that is what you get.
I feel for you, I really do, but IT KNOWS things. IT can find those things out FOR you. It's OUR JOB. Consult us before, not after, and we can help you AVOID costly mistakes.